Defect loops in gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Bachasa, C ^a   Monnierb, S ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary quantum field theory; Field theories in lower dimensions; Renormalization group; Sigma models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954932492     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2010)003     Document Type: Article

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